Bios

An academic and prolific author who believed that poetry was a way to bring about change, give a voice to Palestinians, and promote peace

One of Palestine’s foremost visual artists, sculptors, and calligraphers who also the restored al-Aqsa Mosque’s precious Islamic art after an arson

An influential scholar, educator, journalist, and author and a prolific translator of Russian literature into Arabic

One of the few female artists who depicted Jerusalem in the mid-20th century

An accomplished scholar of Arabic and Islamic studies and award-winning translator who traced his creative talent to his Jerusalem childhood

A renowned Jerusalemite artist and art historian who was exiled in 1967 and spent the rest of his life creating art that would convey, and lead him back to, the city of his birth

An Arabic-language teacher and media personality who became the first Palestinian woman to work as a radio broadcaster

An epidemiologist, ethnographer, and institution builder who made foundational contributions to medicine and health care in Jerusalem and Palestine

A Jerusalemite jurist and lawyer who wrote widely on the status of Jerusalem and the Palestinian claim to Palestine

A prominent politician, lawyer, and journalist whose political views and activism led to his assassination during a turbulent time in Palestine’s history

An educator who has been leading Dar Al-Tifel for over 30 years

A blind educator from Jerusalem who made substantial contributions to the education and vocational training of blind people in the Arab world